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“I pay for the surname I carry" - The loyal sisters of Sicilian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on March 12, 2023 at 5:04
Since its beginnings, the Sicilian Mafia was led by and comprised of men. Cosa Nostra was the ultimate “Man’s World.” Men went out to commit crimes while wives sat at home. Sons followed in their fathers’ footsteps, while sisters stayed at home. As t
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Too old for this sh*t? Italian police arrest Sicilian Mafia’s boss of bosses Matteo Messina Denaro

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on January 16, 2023 at 5:40
Sicilian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro seemed like a ghost. For three decades he was among the world’s most wanted fugitives. Authorities only heard whispers. Even after arresting everyone close to him, he remained elusive. Until today. When polic
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Sicilian Mafia clan busted in Agrigento – Grape producers forced to triple price of their products due to extortion

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on January 11, 2023 at 10:15
Ten alleged members of the Sicilian Mafia in Agrigento were arrested today, Italian news agency ANSA reported. They are charged with trafficking drugs and extorting businesses in the cities Agrigento, Licata, Palma di Montechiaro, and Canicatti along
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The Ghost Boss of the Sicilian Mafia: Police step up hunt for Messina Denaro, Italy's most wanted fugitive

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on September 7, 2022 at 4:57
Matteo Messina Denaro is a Mafia ghost. Despite being one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, authorities remain unable to pinpoint his whereabouts. The Sicilian Cosa Nostra boss has been on the run since 1993, but Italian police believe he continu
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The Trial in Bari: How the law tried to bring down the Corleone Mafia

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on August 2, 2022 at 7:39
It was almost certainly too much for Luciano Raia. On a wet, chilly Tuesday morning, January 11, 1966, three women dressed in black moved across the gardens of Piazza della Vittoria, towards the immense block of a building standing on its west-side.
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The Caravaggio’s gone! A masterpiece stolen and the Mafia connection

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on May 30, 2022 at 8:54
The Mafia, it’s claimed, were all over it like a rash. But were they? A story with more slack ends and dangling threads than Joseph’s Coat of Many Colours. Zelda Fitzgerald said, “It’s the loose ends with which men hang themselves.” After fifty-three
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They whacked the payphone! The American Mafia bids it farewell with tears in its eyes

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on May 26, 2022 at 9:34
Mobsters and payphones formed a decades long lucrative partnership. Conducting business on one of those things was part of their modus operandi. It was a way of avoiding wiretaps, while still getting to talk to associates far and wide. Unfortunately,
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No Way Out: The Life and Death of Mafia Killer Mario Prestifilippo

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on May 2, 2022 at 2:49
He had not reached thirty when he died, and although he crammed a lot into his brief life, it was all the wrong stuff. In a playhouse of madness where all the players outdid themselves in their levels of depravity, he had a starring role that lasted
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A Murder of Crows: How the kidnapping of the wife of a connected man caused a Mafia cleansing

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on October 28, 2021 at 10:44
Giuseppe Quartuccio was at sixty-six, twenty-three- years older than Graziella Mandala. She is his second wife and is about to cause him and many people a lot of grief. None of it is her choosing as she becomes the litmus to a series of events that w
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What is this Thing called Thing? A Very Brief History of The Mafia

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on August 27, 2021 at 10:26

By Thom L. Jones for Gangsters Inc.

"Many modern Sicilians prefer to live as parasites because the fast lane of crime has considerable attraction as a way of life." - Giovanni Falcone (1)

Tommaso Buscetta said there was no such thing as The Mafia. “I

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